Limerick is set to host world-renowned costume designer, Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, in the intimate setting of the drawing room of No. 1 Pery Square on October 5th at 7.30pm for a relaxed chat and Q&A session. Several of Eimer’s costumes, which have appeared onscreen, will also be on display.

Eimer’s talent and knowledge of Georgian fashion and customs are evident onscreen in both Julian Jarrold’s Becoming Jane (starring Anne Hathaway) and in Whit Stillman’s Austen adaptation Love & Friendship (starring Kate Beckinsale), for which she was nominated for many international awards.

Other films which Eimer has worked on include Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins,The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto, Ken Loach’sThe Wind that Shakes the Barley starring Cillian Murphy, Ondine, Jimmy’s Hal,Brideshead Revisited with Emma Thompson and Michael Gambonand The Professor and the Madman with Sean Penn and Mel Gibson.

Eimer has just wrapped on Little Women for the BBC and is currently prepping The Rhythm Section with Blake Lively and producer Barbara Broccoli.

Eimer has also designed for theatre and is co-founder with Veerle Dehaene of ICAP, the Irish Costume Archive Project.